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A study of Korean language education and healing among middle-aged and older learners

  • Geon-su Im;Hyun-Yong Cho
    • 셀메드
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    • 제13권10호
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    • pp.9.1-9.6
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to explore the potential of Korean language learning as a means of psychological healing and improving the quality of life for Japanese middle-aged and older learners. Results showed that Korean language learning could help alleviate various psychological issues experienced by middle-aged learners and contribute to enhancing their quality of life. Learning a foreign language is not just about acquiring information but also about meeting people who use the language and understanding and experiencing their culture. In particular, for Japanese middle-aged learners, Korean language learning can be advantageous as it can lead to the discovery or development of new hobbies or interests. Results also showed that Korean language learning increased learners' opportunities for interaction with others and enjoyment of learning new cultural customs. These positive outcomes suggest the need for discussion of teaching strategies that focus on psychological healing in foreign language education. Further clinical trials with participants who learn foreign languages for healing purposes may provide more conclusive evidence on the diverse effects of language learning on stress, anxiety, depression, self-development, social connections, and cognitive ability.

The Effects of Sign Language Video Location in e-Learning System for the Hearing-impaired

  • Muhn, Seung Ho;Jung, Kwang Tae
    • 대한인간공학회지
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.597-607
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    • 2015
  • Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of sign language video location in e-learning system for the hearing-impaired. Background: E-learning education is a good way to resolve the inequality of education for the disabled. Providing a sign language video in e-learning education for the hearing-impaired is very important for their learning. Although the location of sign language video is an important factor in the design of the video, the effect of its location in learning using the e-learning system was not studied. Method: In order to identify the effect of sign language video location on the learning of the hearing-impaired using the e-learning system, the prototypes of the system with different locations were developed. Eighteen people with hearing impairment participated in this experiment. Learning presence, learning immersion, and learning satisfaction were used to measure learning effects with sign language video location. Results: Bottom right position was more preferred through preference evaluation for sign language video location. The learning effect with sign language video location (bottom-left and bottom-right) was not significant. That is, the effects of learning presence, immersion, and satisfaction were not statistically significant with video location. Conclusion: From this study, the following have to be considered in e-learning system design for the hearing-impaired. Although the location of a sign language video is not a significant factor from the experiment, the bottom right position in the design is proposed because learning presence and satisfaction is slightly higher at the bottom right position, and the position is preferred from subjective evaluation. From the analysis of interview data, it was also proposed that the design of a sign language video should be improved for the hearing-impaired. Application: The result of this study can be applied to the e-learning system design for the hearing-impaired.

상호자율언어학습을 위한 웹기반 학습공동체의 설계전략 연구 (Design Strategies for Web-Based Self-Directed Cooperative Language Learning Communities)

  • 박정환;이건인;조해란
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.127-152
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to elaborate design strategies for a Web-based self-directed cooperative distance language learning community. Research was done regarding the theoretical foundations for self-directed cooperative language learning and Web-based learning communities. The components of a Web-based community for self-directed cooperative language learning system are also investigated. As a result of this study, design strategies for Web-based communities are suggested. There are performance and supporting environments(synchronous/asynchronous) for self- directed cooperative language learning. There are also cultural experiences and communication factors in the performance field. Furthermore, matching communicators, finding and offering information, language learning content and other supporting agents are important in the supporting environment.

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Relationships between the Use of ESL Learning Strategies and English Language Proficiency of Asian Students

  • Kang, Sung-Woo
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제5호
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 1999
  • The objective of the present study was to model the relationships between language learning strategy use and language proficiency among the Asian (Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese) students studying English in the United States. The instruments were a language learning strategy Questionnaire and the Institutional Testing Program Test of English as a Foreign Language (ITP TOEFL). Structural equation modeling was utilized to model the relationships between language learning strategies and language proficiency. The present study found only weak relationships between language learning strategies and language proficiency. Only 13% and 15% of variance of the listening and grammar/reading factor were explained by the language learning strategies. The metacognitive strategies appeared not to have direct relationships to the language skill factors, as was found in other studies (Purpura, 1996, 1997). The effects of the social and affective strategies were very small. They in combination could account about 1% and 4% of the variance of the listening and grammar/reading factors.

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CMC기반의 영어학습 환경에서 상호작용 촉진을 위한 교수설계가 영어학습에 미치는 효과 : 교양 영작문 과목을 중심으로 (A Study on the Effectiveness of the Instructional Design for Further Interaction on English Learning in a CMC Based Language Learning Environment: Focusing on University General English Education)

  • 정양수
    • 한국영어학회지:영어학
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.281-308
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of CMC-based English learning. In this study, CMC components were found to provide circumstances of facilitating interactions between student-student and student-student-teacher, which enabled students to accomplish language learning tasks. Findings of this study are as follows: First, CMC based language learning experience helps students have positive attitudes toward their English language learning. Second, student-student-instructor interaction group outperformed other groups in academic achievement and class activity participation. Third, cooperative learning groups more actively participated in the class activity than the individual learning group resulting in better academic performances. These findings supported the fact that cooperative learning with CMC components are useful in bringing more class participation and positive attitude that were believed to foster language learning than other groups in traditional language learning environments. This study suggests that the instructor needs to use instructional design strategies helpful to facilitate active interactions between instructors and students in order to achieve better effectiveness of English learning in a CMC based learning environment.

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Learning a Second Culture through Interactive Practices: A Study-Abroad Language Learners' Experiences

  • Lee, Eun-Sil
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.137-156
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    • 2009
  • This case study examines language learners' oral interactive practices and what they learn along with these practices. Language learners who study abroad take on the challenge of living in a foreign place and undergo difficulties in communicating and interacting with people in their new country. These difficulties, caused by cultural differences, are experienced most particularly in their daily interactions. Language learners' trials and efforts to learn English while dealing with a different culture and the difficulties are mainly observed for this paper. The process of learning a second culture is closely related to the process of learning a second language. Oral interactive practices can give the study abroad language learners opportunities to learn their target culture. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to discuss how participating in interactive practices assists the learners in understanding their target culture while they deal with their difficulties inherent in studying abroad. This study adds weight to the notion that culture is an essential and major factor in learning a language, and that only active participation in interactions can be effective in learning both a language and its culture.

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유아 언어학습에 대한 하이퍼망 메모리 기반 모델 (Hypernetwork Memory-Based Model for Infant's Language Learning)

  • 이지훈;이은석;장병탁
    • 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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    • 제15권12호
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    • pp.983-987
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    • 2009
  • 유아들의 언어습득에 있어서 중요한 점 하나는 학습자에 대한 언어환경의 노출이다. 유아가 접하는 언어환경은 부모와 같은 인간뿐만 아니라 각종 미디어와 같은 인공적 환경도 포함되며, 유아는 이러한 방대한 언어환경을 탐색하면서 언어를 학습한다. 본 연구는 대용량의 언어 데이터 노출이 영향을 미치는 유아언어학습을 유연하고 적절하게 모사하는 인지적 기제에 따른 기계학습 방식을 제안한다. 유아의 초기 언어학습은 문장수준의 학습과 생성 같은 행동들이 수반되는데, 이는 언어 코퍼스에 대한 노출만으로 모사가 가능하다. 모사의 핵심은 언어 하이퍼망 구조를 가진 기억기반 학습모델이다. 언어 하이퍼망은 언어구성 요소들 간의 상위차원 관계 표상을 가능케 함으로써 새로운 데이터 스트림에 대해 유사구조의 적용과 이용을 도모하여 발달적이고 점진적인 학습을 모사한다. 본 연구에서는 11 개의 유아용 비디오로부터 추출한 문장 32744개를 언어 하이퍼망을 통한 점진적 학습을 수행하여 문장을 생성해 유아의 점진적, 발달적 학습을 모사하였다.

Analysis of the Current Status of Edutech in Korean Language Education

  • JinHee KIM;HoSung WOO
    • 4차산업연구
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2023
  • Purpose - Recently, in the field of language education, interest in edutech has increased due to difficulties in classroom teaching due to COVID-19. Accordingly, we would like to analyze research topics related to e-learning before and after COVID-19 and examine the implications for the future Korean language education field. Research design, data, and methodology - This study organized a list of papers to be analyzed by searching for e-learning terms applicable to Korean language education in RISS. The collected data was electronically documented, keywords were extracted using text mining techniques, and word frequencies were checked, and then viewed through cloud visualization. Result - It was confirmed that research on e-learning in the field of Korean language education has increased rapidly in 2021 and 2022. In particular, extensive research on online learning methods has been actively conducted due to the difficulties of face-to-face learning in the COVID-19 era. There have been many studies on teaching and learning methods, such as flipped learning, hybrid learning, blended learning, mobile learning, and smart learning. Conclusion - Since the research so far has mainly focused on online class management methods. Therefore, future research suggests that efforts should be made to develop educational contents and teaching methods using specific ICT technologies. These efforts will contribute to advancing smart education that future education aims for.

Korean Language Learning among Students in Myanmar during Civil Disobedience: A Preliminary Study on its Current Status and Potential Healing Effects

  • Bong-woon Song
    • 셀메드
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    • 제13권10호
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    • pp.10.1-10.5
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    • 2023
  • Objective: A report investigating the positive effects of Korean language learning on the psychological healing of local students studying Korean during the period of disobedience in Myanmar. Methods: 37 students studying Korean at local foreign language universities in Myanmar and unable to attend school anymore due to their opposition to the military regime are experiencing psychological symptoms of distress and anger. Results: In this survey, Most Myanmar students responded that they receive psychological healing through self-study of the Korean language. Conclusion: It can be inferred that Korean language learning has psychological healing effects.

A Study on the effectiveness of computers and mobile devices on learning foreign languages

  • Chi-Woon Joo
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제28권5호
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    • pp.189-196
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 정보통신기술(IT)의 발전으로 외국어 교육과 학습에서 기존의 전통적인 '훈련과 연습(drill and practice)'의 방법에서 벗어난 '컴퓨터 보조언어학습(Computer-assisted learning: CALL)'과 '모바일 지원 언어학습(Mobile-based Language Learning: MALL)'이 실제로 어학 교육에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 연구 대상은 비교적 영어 능력이 상대적으로 우수하지 않고, 또한 영어학습에 대한 동기부여를 충분히 느끼지 못하는 전문대학 1학년 학생들을 대상으로 진행하였다. 연구 방법은 멀티미디어 저작 도구를 이용하여 디지털 콘텐츠를 제작하여 이러닝(e-learning) 시스템에 등재하여 교육보조재료로 한 학기 동안 활용한다. 동영상 콘텐츠는 컴퓨터, 스마트폰, 테블릿, 노트북 등 다양한 매체로 접근하여 활용할 수 있도록 구성한다. 동영상 콘텐츠에 대한 설문조사를 통하여 콘텐츠의 구성, 학습에 도움 여부, 보완해야 할 부분, 콘텐츠 접근 빈도, 학습경로 등을 분석한다. 분석의 결과를 통하여 정보통신기술을 활용한 어학 학습의 효과, 교육용 콘텐츠의 개선해야 할 부분 및 교육에 어떻게 활용해야 하는지에 대해 제언한다. 궁극적으로는 '플립러닝((Flipped Learning)'을 위한 컴퓨터 및 모바일 매체에 대한 효용성 분석과 활용방안을 제언한다.